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To purchase tickets, please visit www.cptonline.org or call the CPT Box
Office. To RSVP for the reception please contact Eric Veres at
everes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or 216.631.2727 x212.
January
4 - 6
Modern Problems
by Steve Maistros
Directed by Christopher Johnston
On the border between reality and absurdity you will find Modern Problems. This collection
of fourteen one act comedies travel that distance and illustrate how close
everyday life is to the tipping point. What pushes life over that edge?
In these plays it’s one detail that changes normal characters and
situations into abnormal ones. A desire to want. A casual Friday
gone too far. An interviewee with something to hide. An
unexpected church announcement. A notice for jury duty. A
consultant with a grudge. A one woman welcome committee. A goat
at a petting zoo. These are the points where everyday life turns
absurd. Modern Problems will change your life for the better ... or the worse
... or leave it absolutely unchanged. If it does not do one of these
three things you probably weren’t paying attention and have no one to
blame but yourself.
January
11-13
Companions
Presented by MegLouise
Dance
Choreographed and Directed by Megan Pitcher
Come to an elegant, intimate 1920’s cabaret for conversation,
dance and just a touch of drama. Subtle, delicious dancing and music that is
enchanting. MegLouise dance invites you to experience a sensuous evening in
the lap of luxury.
January
18 - 20
Crashing Through
Ceilings
Written and Directed by Anne McEvoy
Produced by Elizabeth R. Wood
Crashing Through
Ceilings gives voice to the stories of several women who
share not only the same address, but also
the challenge of growing up with developmental
disabilities. It seems their real handicap often lies in
others’ low expectations, fears, and misconceptions about their ability
to grow up at all. A dicey intersection of words and silences,
laughter and tears, Crashing
Through Ceilings promises to raise more than the
roof as 6 outspoken ladies discuss everything from gold fish to
fishnets, inviting audiences to recognize the common grounds
of our woundedness, worth, and wonder. Featuring Lisa Langford, Kate Duffield,
Anne McEvoy, Jenna Messina, Lara Mielcarek and Elizabeth R. Wood.
January
25-27
The Greatest Story Ever
Told
By Jason Mullin
Directed by Nancy Burkinshaw
Produced by Michael Sepesy
A comic exploration of the relationship between faith and
storytelling. Jesus Christ, Santa Claus, and Mary Magdalene agree to
appear on a talk show to reveal their true stories but realize they
don't understand as much as they think. This new work debunks
religious dogma and satirizes the creative process. Says Jesus:
Faith is a crapshoot, darlings! Featuring Doug Kusak, Kip Thomas, Nina
McCollum, Allen Branstein and Mike Sobczak.
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The Josie Project
By Michael Williams
Directed by James Kosmatka
The story of a young man and his wife and the gynoid
(female android) who comes between them. The Josie Project is about perceptions, relationships and
love. It’s about the not-so-distant-anymore future, where man loving
machine means more than just popping the hood. It’s about a different
kind of cyber connection, one that may or may not prove more substantial than
gazing into a screen. It’s about a man who’s said, “I
do,” and his machine that says, “I will.” This new work
explores mankind’s desire to create artificial intelligence and
illustrates just some of its many potential ramifications.
February
1-3
The One Who...
by Scott Plate
Directed by Joel Hammer
An original work that listens to the voices of
five gay men who live outside of typical gay urban "Mecca’s." They are unaware
they are being seen by an audience, or by anyone for that matter - their
invisibility is part of their problem. The play explores a spectrum of
gender _expression_ from a completely closeted and repressed Irish Catholic
priest to a cross-dressing shaman doing a public access cable television
show. Each character searches for - and ponders what it means to
have - an essential self, in a world that makes it necessary to hide it.
Featuring Scott Plate.
February
8-10
Costumbrismo, or Khandihba Wars
by Deborah Magid
Musical Direction by Joan Bendix
Costumbrismo, or Khandihba
Wars is a new comic chamber opera about passion, desire, how
societies function, and candy bars as an allegory for sexual preference. In
mythical Khandihba, the Drooler, Sensualist, Nibbler, Fanatic, and S&M
Guy each enjoy YumBar, the local delicacy, in their own unique manner, and
all carry on a daily discordance as to whose method and perception is best.
A mysterious woman appears and seduces the folks to accept her MyBar
instead, modulating and altering each character's musical theme to bend that
person to her will and, more importantly, to destroy the economy of
Khandihba. Her game is exposed, and a dangerous mob forms! The wise
Mayoress recognizes that diversity is a necessary part of society, and
persuades everyone to welcome the interloper and her MyBar into their quirky
fold. Written in the American Neoromantic genre, Costumbrismo also utilizes tango, waltz, etude, and march
styles to explore societal and musical diversity.
February
15-17
vis-à-vis
Choreographed by Kalindi Stockton and Maree
ReMalia
A dance noir collection that explores a myriad of personal
and social issues inspired by daily observation and common experience. When
confronting our habits, influences, and current state of being, we use this
artistic opportunity to come face to face with all of our
“humanness.” An exciting evening with touches of humor and hope.
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De Vices
Presented by Hi
Lyfe
Choreographed and Directed by Shenee King
Using the music of James Brown, dance company Hi Lyfe
explores the duality found in women’s relationships with men, other
women and themselves. This new work attempts to create a framework for
interpreting the behavior of various women in various stages of life. Hi
Lyfe’s work utilizes the movements of the African Diaspora to
entertain, motivate and illustrate aspects of urban life in a theatrical
setting.
February
22-24
Ictus
by Barbara Becker
Directed by Rose Leininger
An athletic, healthy, thirty-five year old woman
experiences a severe stroke, or brain attack, while traveling through Italy on
vacation. In seconds her life is derailed. Unable to speak or swallow and
paralyzed, she must find a way to put her life back together as she struggles
through rehabilitation. The brain is the center of the self. How do you
reawaken yourself when everything that defines you is broken? Ictus is a journey through a foreign
country and through the world of catastrophic illness.
Big [BOX] 2008
James Levin Theatre
January 4 - February
24.
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm
Tickets: General Admission $15 | Students and
Seniors $12
Visit www.cptonline.org
or call 216.631.2727 to purchase tickets now!
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